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Crossroads Top 40 - April 2021

KMUW | By Chris Heim
Published May 1, 2021 at 7:00 AM CDT
  1.   Damon Fowler – Alafia Moon (Landslide)
  2. New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers – Vol. 2 (Stony Plain)
  3. Various Artists – Blues Society of Central PA: Backyard Blues (Blue Heart)
  4. Chris Cain – Raisin’ Cain (Alligator)
  5. Jeremiah Johnson, Whitney Shay, Ryan Perry – Blues Caravan 2020 (Ruf)
  6. Curtis Salgado – Damage Control (Alligator)
  7. Eric Johanson – Below Sea Level (NOLA Blue)
  8. Kerry Kearney – Tales from the Psychedelta (Highlander)
  9. Kat Riggins – Cry Out (Gulf Coast)
  10. Ally Venable – Heart of Fire (Ruf)
  11. Dave Alvin – From an Old Guitar (Yep Roc)
  12. The Wildroots – Wildroots Sessions Vol. 1 (Wildroots)
  13. Misty Blues – None More Blue (Misty Blues)
  14. The Hitman Blues Band – Not My Circus, Not My Monkey (Nerus)
  15. Kat Danser – One Eye Open (Black Hen)
  16. Joanna Connor – 4801 S. Indiana Avenue (Keeping the Blues Alive)
  17. Veronica Lewis – You Ain’t Unlucky (Blue Heart)
  18. Skylar Rogers – Fire Breather (Skylar Rogers Music)
  19. Selwyn Birchwood – Living in a Burning House (Alligator)
  20. Kim Wilson – Take Me Back (MC Records)
  21. John Nemeth – Stronger Than Strong (NOLA Blue)
  22. Nora Jean Wallace – Blues Woman (Severn)
  23. Jimmie Vaughan – The Pleasure’s All Mine (Last Music)
  24. Joyann Parker – Out of the Dark (Hopeless Romantic)
  25. Ghalia Volt – One Woman Band (Ruf)
  26. Erin Harpe – Meet Me in the Middle (Vizztone)
  27. A.J. Fullerton - The Forgiver and the Runaway (Vizztone)
  28. Early Times & the High Rollers – The Corner (Vizztone)
  29. Danielle Miragha – Bright Shining Stars (Vizztone)
  30. John Hurlbut & Jorma Kaukonen – The River Flows (Fur Peace Ranch Records)
  31. Kirsten Thien – Two Sides (Screen Door)
  32. Kenny Wayne Shepherd – Straight to You Live (Mascot)
  33. Various Artists – Miami, Atlanta & the South Eastern States (WienerWorld)
  34. Sugar Ray & the Bluetones – Too Far from the Bar (Severn)
  35. Sonny Green - Found! One Soul Singer (Little Village Foundation)
  36. Peter Parcek – Mississippi Suitcase (Lightnin’)
  37. Duke Robillard – Blues Bash (Stony Plain)
  38. Shemekia Copeland – Uncivil War (Alligator)
  39. Johnny Iguana – Chicago Spectacular (Delmark)
  40. Kid Ramos & Bob Corritore – Phoenix Blues Sessions (Vizztone)
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Chris Heim
Chris Heim produces and hosts Global Village, a nationally and internationally distributed world music show; the nightly jazz show Night Train, and Crossroads, KMUW’s twice-weekly blues and R&B show. Chris is also a critic and freelance writer whose work has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Utne, Global Rhythm, Dirty Linen, and Option, among others.
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